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03-24-2008, 07:57 PM
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| | Bristle Worm
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 |  I finally got some decent pics - names would be nice
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03-25-2008, 05:47 AM
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| | 3reef Moderator
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Corals in the first pic look to be zoanthids and a toadstool coral.
Second pic, more zoanthids and some type of leather coral (hard to tell as it's shrunken up in that picture).
Third pic, more zoanthids, what looks to be an encrusting goniopora or alveopora and what looks to be a frogspawn (nice tangs by the way).
Fourth pic, more zoanthids and also some palythoas. | |
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03-25-2008, 05:57 AM
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| | Astrea Snail
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second pic looks like a kenya tree | |
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03-25-2008, 10:18 AM
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| | Bristle Worm
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What's the difference between Zoanthids and palythoas? | |
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03-25-2008, 10:19 AM
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| | Bristle Worm
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3rd actually has starbursts..... they're just closed. | |
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03-25-2008, 12:46 PM
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| | Giant Squid
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Great pics, The 2nd pics looks more like a montipora coral aka "superman" coral _________ 9YR OLD 90G 30G w/d Mag18 150G skimmer 692w MH,yel&kole tang,foxface,midas&convict blenny,B&G chromies,Blk/yel fin chromie blackcap,nemo,neon goby,6line; Blastomussa Merleti,Acan ,BUBBLE,Torch,LTA, Goniopora(2), Acropora(2),Brain, Moon, assort zoas, yel& G star polyps, R&G open brain, P&B ricordia, montiporas, cup&candy corals, enias,B/G mush,flower ane(2), cherry red mussa, dusters,cleaning crew  | |
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03-25-2008, 01:39 PM
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| | Giant Squid
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Originally Posted by bawest  What's the difference between Zoanthids and palythoas? | The main characteristic differences are appearance. Paly's have pointy skirts where zoa's have rounded almost bubbletip like. Palys are larger in size when full grown. Its become a trend lately to call zoanthus gigantus species palys when in fact they are not. Thats one of my pet peeves, lol. Palys are often referred to as sand polyps because they take in sand (no known reason why) where as zoa's do not. Palys cannot get zoa pox, thats limited to zoa's. Hope this helps...
The last pic, the brown and green with the pointy skirt are palys, the others are zoa's. _________ Got Questions? Need Answers?
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